Question

Select the correct answer. Which theme is highlighted in this excerpt from “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe? A. murder leads to justifying the act B. murder leads to deceiving authorities C. murder causes an all-encompassing guilt D. murder creates a feeling of extreme power

Answer 1

The famous excerpt"Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe is murder leading story where the readers are trapped to find the murderer a guilty or an ill minded person but the correct them of this story is an ill-encompassing guilt caused to the murderer as the killer himself confesses his guilt.

Answer 2

The narrator of the story killed a man and buried him under the floor, but he constantly kept hearing the dead man's heartbeats, which led him to insanity and made him live with so much guilt.

Therefore, the correct answer is C) murder causes an all-encompassing guilt.

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